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MV Andaman Tritan
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At a glance...
- Visits Similans, Richelieu Rock, Khao Lak
- Low season Indonesian cruises from Singapore
- Most cabins have en-suite bathrooms
- Dive The World Gold Range product
- Affordable option for 4 night cruises
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The M/V Andaman Tritan, formerly known as the DiveRACE, is the least expensive of the Thailand liveaboards visiting the Similan Islands that has en-suite cabins.
5 of the cabins are ensuite and there are a further 4 cabins which share bathroom facilities. All cabins are air-conditioned and the boat features an extensive dive deck as well as full entertainment and safety facilities. With a capacity of only 16 divers, there are many liveaboard boats larger than the Andaman Tritan, however it feels like a bigger boat since there is always plenty of space, whether you're in the shaded outdoor dining area, the air-conditioned saloon or on the sundeck.
With nitrox on board and with 7 crew and 3 dive masters, you can see why many consider the M/V Andaman Tritan to provide all the services and attention you would wish when diving around Thailand's west coast, whether it's around the Similan Islands, Hin Daeng or Phi Phi.
Guests tend to spend their time in the huge dining area where the meals served are a mixture of Thai and international cuisine, or for the sun lovers there is a large sundeck on the upper deck where you can work on your tan between dives.
5 of the cabins are ensuite and there are a further 4 cabins which share bathroom facilities. All cabins are air-conditioned and the boat features an extensive dive deck as well as full entertainment and safety facilities. With a capacity of only 16 divers, there are many liveaboard boats larger than the Andaman Tritan, however it feels like a bigger boat since there is always plenty of space, whether you're in the shaded outdoor dining area, the air-conditioned saloon or on the sundeck.
With nitrox on board and with 7 crew and 3 dive masters, you can see why many consider the M/V Andaman Tritan to provide all the services and attention you would wish when diving around Thailand's west coast, whether it's around the Similan Islands, Hin Daeng or Phi Phi.
Guests tend to spend their time in the huge dining area where the meals served are a mixture of Thai and international cuisine, or for the sun lovers there is a large sundeck on the upper deck where you can work on your tan between dives.
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Notes: Participants are recommended to have PADI Advanced Open Water or Adventure Deep Dive certification to get the most from the trip. Open Water certified divers with maximum depth limitation of 18 meters must have minimum 10 logged dives to join the trip. Otherwise, Advanced Open Water Diver course is mandatory on board.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinking water, hot drinks, return transfers to the boat from Phuket hotels in tourist areas (Kata, Karon, Patong) and Khao Lak (extra charge for transfers from outside Khao Lak center), dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s), (4-5 divers per DM), tanks, weights and weightbelts, torches.
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 19 per day) to be paid in advance, dive insurance, Similan and Surin park fees at approximately US$ 6 per day, with an entry fee of US$ 16 per park. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (in cash only).
Optional extras: Soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (US$ 11 per fill), dive computer. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (in cash only).
How to get there: Most of the Andaman Tritan liveaboard dive cruises depart in the evening from Khao Lak. A minibus service from all hotels in Phuket, Phuket Airport and Khao Lak to and from the boat is provided. For more information see our Thailand travel information section.
Non-diver rate: 10% off the published price.
Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travellers may choose to share a cabin or pay a supplement of 70% of the published price.
Dive clubs and group discounts: See whole boat charter rate below which is equivalent to paying for 16 divers and 2 additional persons can join the cruise in a Budget cabin free of charge (total 18 guests).
Whole boat charter rate (per night): US$ 3 427.
Cabins, Berths, Showers, Bathrooms...
There are 2 Master double or twin bed cabins and 3 Deluxe cabins on the main deck: 2 twin bunk bed cabins, and 1 double or twin bed cabin. All these cabins have private bathrooms. There are also 2 Standard twin bed cabins and 2 Budget single or twin bed cabins on the lower deck. The shared bathrooms are on the main deck.
All the cabins have:
No. of bathrooms / showers - 6 / 6 - hot water
All the cabins have:
- Air-conditioning
- Sea-view windows (the Deluxe rooms have 1x2 metre windows)
- Ensuite cabins have toilet, mirror, hot water shower, towels and hand basin
- Reading lights
- Mains outlet 220 volts - 24 hours per day
- Bedding and shelves
- Fire warning system
- Life jackets
Crew, Facilities, Dive Courses...
The liveaboard crew comprises:
Enriched air nitrox available - Motorised dinghy - 40m² dive deck & 8m² platform with hot water shower - Camera table and rinse tank - 15m² air-conditioned saloon with TV, video, music and laptop - movie library, fish books and diving magazines - 40m² upper deck shaded area - 70m² sundeck with sun mattresses
Scuba certification courses available including PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and EANx.
- Tour leader (who also acts as a divemaster)
- 2 Additional divemasters
- Captain
- Cook
- Engineer
- Maid
- Stewardess
- 2 Deck hands
Scuba certification courses available including PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and EANx.
Menu, Cuisine Type...
There is always plenty of food on the MV Andaman Tritan, which is served buffet style in the huge, upper deck shaded dining area where most of the guest socialising takes place.
You can enjoy a range of international cuisine, including Italian favourites and BBQs as well as local specialties such as red chicken curry and Thai mango salads. All dietary requirements can be catered for but please give us advanced notice. One thing is for sure that on the Andaman Tritan you will not go hungry!
You can enjoy a range of international cuisine, including Italian favourites and BBQs as well as local specialties such as red chicken curry and Thai mango salads. All dietary requirements can be catered for but please give us advanced notice. One thing is for sure that on the Andaman Tritan you will not go hungry!
- Thai and international meals.
- Open-air buffet-style dining with waitress on the upper deck - choose from 5 dishes per sitting.
- The dining service begins with dinner on the first evening of the cruise.
- Coffee, tea, drinking water, fruit, ice creams and biscuits are provided free of charge.
- Soft drinks, wine and beers are available.
- This liveaboard operator rates their dining as very important.
- Please send notice of of any special dietary requirements.
Technical Specifications...
- Built in year 2002
- Restored 2007
- Size - 25.5m x 5.5m
- Top speed - 10 knots
- Cruising speed - 8 knots
- 2 x 400 HP Hino engines
- 2 x 35 KVa Hino generators
- 2 x Bauer Mariner dive tank compressors
- Enriched air nitrox
- 12 litre aluminium tanks with international fittings. DIN adapters are available free of charge.
- Electricity 220V and 110V - 24 hours per day
- Water capacity - 10,000 litres
- Watermaker also onboard
- Fuel capacity - 9,000 litres
- Environmental waste storage tank
Navigation, Safety Features...
- 2 life rafts (for 20 passengers each)
- 1 x 40 HP Yamaha dive dinghy
- SSB and VHF radios
- Garmin global positioning system (GPS)
- Garmin fishfinder
- Furuno radar
- Garmin sounder
- Garmin plotter
- 2 x Garmin depth sounders
- Motorola satellite telephone
- Mobile telephone
- Medic first aid box
- Oxygen - 15,000 litres
- 30 x life jackets
- Fire extinguishers throughout
- Searchlight and Toshiba loudhailer
- Emergency signalling device
- Customer dive insurance is not included and is MANDATORY - see our insurance programme for a competitive quotation
Customer reviews:
There were only 4 in each dive group and we were grouped according to number of dives we'd done which is pretty smart and we went down only 2 groups at a time so not such a busy dive deck; and they made it so the groups who had longer dive times went first, again very smart. They certainly know their stuff." - Kym Beaton, Australia, 26 January 2013 ...
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